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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the doctors and midwives attempt to comfort Mary about not delivering by the end of May?
(a) They said she would get pregnant again.
(b) They said had already miscarried.
(c) They said she must have confused her dates.
(d) They said she was never pregnant.

2. According to Weir what was Mary's life goal that was a crowning achievement?
(a) To follow England's "manifest destiny."
(b) To bring England back to the "true faith."
(c) To eradicate "traitors" from the kingdom.
(d) To allow all religions as "one faith."

3. How did Mary feel about her husband Philip of Spain, according to Weir?
(a) She was infatuated.
(b) She was irked.
(c) She was indolent.
(d) She was indifferent.

4. Why did Mary not want Jane Grey to be executed?
(a) Because she was opposed to the death penalty.
(b) Because she thought it was hypocritical.
(c) Because she felt that Jane was a pawn.
(d) Because she worried this would be her fate too.

5. What did Guilford Dudley ask from his Jane Grey and how did she respond?
(a) He asked for a meeting, which she granted.
(b) He asked for a meeting, but she refused.
(c) He asked for a letter, which she granted.
(d) He asked for a letter, but she refused.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mary feel about her sister Elizabeth who stayed at court after Philip's departure?

2. What were Philip II's motives for returning to England?

3. How did Philip of Spain feel about his new bride Mary?

4. When was Elizabeth's romance with Lord Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, believed to have begun?

5. When Philip arrived in Brussels to help Charles V in his wars, what did his father begin to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mary feel about Philip, and why is it significant?

2. How did Elizabeth respond to being recalled to Whitehall by her sister, and why is it significant?

3. What was Philip's state of mind at Hampton Court regarding Mary not giving birth, and why did he leave?

4. What rumors circulated about Mary's pregnancy, and what claim does Weir make about her condition?

5. Why did Parliament repeal the Act of Supremacy, passed under Henry VIII, and who returned to England following its repeal?

6. Why did the queen's councilors want to wait before having Elizabeth marry, and how is it significant?

7. What was the Act for the Renewing of Three Statues made for the Punishment of Heresies, and how was it significant?

8. How did Philip behave in Brussels during the process of Charles V's abdication?

9. What actions did Parliament's first session enact after Mary was crowned, and why were they significant?

10. What was the purpose of the Counter-Reformation, and what did it do?

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